Non-refillable bottle



F. RUSTANT.

NON-REFILLABLE-BOTTLE.

:mmc/mon. man mm. 16, 1920.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

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FERDINAND RUSTANT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Specication of Letters'Patent.

NON-REFrLLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application led. March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,297.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FERDINAND RUsTAN'r,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` San Francisco, in thecount-y of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to nonrefillable bottles, and has for its objecttheV provision Aof eflicient valve means whereby the liquid contained inthe bottle can be discharged, but the bottlecannot be fraudulentlyrefilled.

Another object of the invention is the provision of eilicient ball andsliding valve means whereby liquid cannot be fraudu` lently inserted inthe body of a bottle constructed in accordance with the presentinvention.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, my

:invention comprises certain novel constructhe arrows.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the sliding valve device.

Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of the spring holder. i

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the body of thereceptacle or bottle and 2 is the neck` In the neck is formed theprimary passage portion 3 which communicates with theright-angularly-disposed passage portion 4, and the passage portion lcommunicates with the substantially U-shaped portion 5; the outer upperend 6 of the U-shaped portion 5 communi- Cates with the outer valveportion 7; these portions 3, 4v, 5, 6, and 7 constitute a peculiarly-constructed liquid passage formed in the neck 2 of the receptacleor bottle.

The inner end of the passage portion 3 communicates with the interior ofthe receptacle body 1, but its inner or upper end is closed to receivethe concave-convex spring holder 8, which Vspring holder is providedwith a depending socket 9 that receives the upper end of coil spring 10.The coil spring 10 rests in a socketvor notch 11 of the crystal or ballvalve 12, so that the action of the` spring 10 is positive upon the ballvalve 12 for retaining the' same in its normal seated position (Fig. 1).l

Upon opposite sides of the passage portion 3 are formed guide slots 13,which slots 13 receive the ends 15 of the weight 16, which weight bearsat its upper end 17 against the ball valvey12, so that when the bottleis tilted, the Aweight 16 willslide against the valve to overcome thestrain of spring 10 upon the ball, causing the ball to move to theposition shown in Fig. 2, or by dotted line in Fig. 1, therebypermitting the liquid to pass from the bottle, but as soon as the bottleis moved to an upright position, the ball valve 12 is seated by theaction of the spring, the weight 16 drops by gravity to its lowestposition as shown in Fig. 1, allowing valve 12 to move to its seatedposition, in which position the fraudulent refilling of the bottle isprevented.

The primary valve device comprises the sliding frame 18, which frame 18is mounted in a slot (Fig. 1)', and this slot is in alinement with thesocket19; the upper end of the `frame 18 enters the slot 19 when thebottle is tilted or in an inverted position. The frame 18 is providedwith an outlet opening 20, and pivotally mounted at 21 upon the frame isa gate or valve 22 that closes when the bottle closes, when an attemptis being made to'fraudulently refill the bottle, but the hinged valve 22falls outwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to permit theliquid to pass from the bottle when it is desired to discharge theliquid. The upper end of the valve 22 engages a shoulder 23 on frame 18,when the valve 22 is closed.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that I haveconstructed a nonreiillalole bottle with a peculiar primary yvalvedevice7 as well as a peculiar auX- ya concave-convex spring holder insaid passage, a spring in said passageand engaging said spring Yholder`and said ball for normally retaining the holder in-aseated -position,means yfor assisting in unseating fsaid ball, and auxiliary valve meanscarried by the neekand adapted to extend kacross said liquid passage. Y

,2. In a 'nonrellable bottle, the Combination of a neck provided With aliquid :pas-

sage including a primary passage portion, a ball valve in said primaryliquid .passage portion, a concavo-conveX spring Vholder seated snuglyin the inner endof said fprimary 'liquid passage portion, said springholder provided With a depending socket, said/ball provided'withasocket, a coilspring having-one end seated lin the'socket ofthe springholder and its other end in the socket of the ball, means for forcingthe ball to an lun'seated position and overcoming the strain of thespring When the holder is tilted or inverted, and an auxiliary valvedevice Aslidably mounted in the holder and coperatingvvith said ball forpositively'c'losingthe passage against fraudulent relling when the ballis in an open or unseated position.

3. In a nonreillable bottle, the combination-oa bottleneck provided witha liquid passage, :said liquid rpassage including a vspring `holderseat, a spring holder Iin said seat, a movable valve in said passage andAadapted to Ymove into said spring holder, a

spring `positioned at oneend in said spring holder and at itsopposite-'end in said valve` a sliding Weight in said liquid passage andacti-ng yupon lsaid valve, and auxiliary valve means 4cairiedyby theneck and adapted :to close the lpassage* against the `fraudulentreilling when said irst-mentioned valve is in an unseated position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

FERDINAND RUSTAN'I.

